Gun sling



GUN SLING Filed Aug. 17, 1964 INVEN TOR.

Cyril E .Somple ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 3,211,351 GUN SLING Cyril E. Somple, Girard, Ohio, assignor of one-half to George L. Somple, Youngstown, Ohio Filed Aug. 17, 1964, Ser. No. 390,058 4 Claims. (Cl. 224-1) This invention relates to a gun sling and more particularly to a gun sling that will enable a gun bearer to carry a gun effortlessly in a carrying or firing position.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling having portions engageable with the front stock support and the rear stock support of a gun and intermediate member that may be positioned around the neck of the gun bearer.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling arranged to support a gun in carrying or firing position and so that when the gun is in firing position the portions of the gun sling will not be in the line of sight.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling that is adjustable and that can be easily attached to or detached from the gun without the necessity of drilling, tapping or marring the gun in any way.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling arranged to engage a gun so that the same can be aimed without any portion of the sling obscuring the line of sight during aiming or firing.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling that may be readily changed from one gun to another and requires no permanent attachment on the gun with which it is used.

The gun sling disclosed herein comprises an improvement in the art relating to such devices and particularly in the portions of the gun sling which engage the gun. Those skilled in the art will observe that gun slings heretofore proposed have generally required attachment devices of one sort or the other secured to the gun and such attachments are often undesirable as they mar the gun and they effect its balance. Other gun slings have been proposed which include hooks in which the gun was deposited. Such devices did not securely hold the gun and were usually so positioned as to make them objectionable at the time the gun was aimed or fired.

The present invention relates to a gun sling which includes and adjustable length of suitable flexible material having a resilient clamp on its one end and a two-part resilient clamp on opposite end. The resilient clamp is adapted to form a rear stock support for the gun and the two-part clamp is adapted to form a front stock support. Both the clamps are so formed that they engage only the sides and bottom portions of the gun stocks thereby leaving the upper portions of the gun unobstructed and the clamps are so arranged that they are readily interchangeable from one gun to another and capable of holding either a single barrel rifle or shotgun or a double barrel shotgun as the case may be.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure, which do not con- 3,2 l 1 ,35 l Patented Oct. 12, 1965 stitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a gun bearer showing the gun sling in position holding a gun in carrying position.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the gun sling.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of a gun stock and taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of a gun showing the two-part clamp secured to the front stock of the gun.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURE 1 in particular, it will be seen that a representation of a gun bearer has been disclosed together with a gun carried thereby, the gun including a rear stock 10, a front stock 11, a barrel 12 and a trigger mechanism 13 all as known in the art. The gun is supported in carrying position as shown by a flexible support member 14 which may comprise a section of webbing or belting or the like and is preferably formed in two pieces as seen in FIGURE 2 of the drawings and wherein the pieces are provided with interengaging adjustable buckles 15 so that the member 14 may be adjusted as to length. Each of the ends of the member 14 are provided with loops 16 in which rings 17 are secured and each of the rings 17 respectively supports a rear stock resilient clamp 18 and a two-part resilient front stock clamp, the parts of which are indicated by the numerals 19 and 20. The resilient clamp 18 is of elongated U-shape with the upper ends of the arms thereof indicated by the numerals 21 and 22. A sidewardly offset apertured extension 23 is formed integrally with the arm 21 and positioned inwardly from the uppermost end thereof. One of the rings 17 heretofore referred to is engaged in the apertured extension 23 and it will be observed by referring to FIGURE 2 of the drawings that the positioning of the extension 23 and the aperture therein relative to the upper curved end of the arm 22 of the rear stock clamp 18 is such that the looped end 16 of the member 14 is positioned well off to one side of the rear stock clamp 18 and thereby completely away from the line of sight along the top of the gun 12. The two-part front stock clamp 19-20 is semi-circular in assembled shape with one of the parts 19 having an extension 24 thereon which is apertured to receive one of the rings 17. Both parts 19 and 20 of the two-part front stock clamp have depending apertured bosses 25 and 26 respectively, one of which is threaded. A bolt 27 having an enlarged head 28 is positioned through the apertures and acts to adjustably hold the two-part front stock clamp in resilient engagement with the gun.

By referring now to FIGURE 4 of the drawings, a cross sectional representation ofa single barrel gun may by seen with the two-part stock clamp 19-20 engaged on the front stock 11.

It will thus be seen that a simple, eflicient and relatively inexpensive gun sling has been disclosed which meets the several objects of the invention, and having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A gun sling comprising an elongated flexible member having attachment means at each end and a pair of gun engaging clamps secured to said ends, one of said gun engaging clamps comprising a distortable U-shaped member having an apertured sideward extension thereon by which it is secured to said flexible member and the other of said gun engaging clamps comprising a two part semi-circular resilient clamping device, one part of which has an apertured upward extension positioned thereon and secured to the other end of said flexible member and an adjustable fastener engaging said two parts of said semi-circular resilient clamping device.

2. The gun sling set forth in claim 1 and wherein the flexible member is formed of two pieces of flexible material adjustably secured to one another so as to provide for the adjustment of the overall length of said flexible member.

3. The gun sling set forth in claim 1 and wherein the said attachment means comprise loops, rings engaged in said loops and in said apertured extensions on said gun engaging clamps.

4. A gun sling set forth in claim 1 and wherein said gun engaging clamps are of sizes sufficiently large to engage and substantially surround the bottom and side positions of the front and rear stocks of a gun.

No references cited.

HUGO O. SCHULZ, Primary Examiner. 

1. A GUN SLING COMPRISING AN ELONGATD FLEXIBLE MEMBER HAVING ATTACHMENT MEANS AT EACH END AND A PAIR OF GUN ENGAGING CLAMPS SECURED TO SAID ENDS, ONE OF SAID GUN ENGAGING CLAMPS COMPRISING A DISTROTABLE U-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURED SIDEWARD EXTENSION THEREON BY WHICH IT IS SECURED TO SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER AND THE OTHER OF SAID GUN ENGAGING CLAMPS COMPRISING A TWO PART SEMI-CIRCULAR RESILIENT CLAMPING DEVICE, ONE PART OF WHICH HAS AN APERTURED UPWARD EXTENSION POSITIONED THEREON AND SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE 